Piracy articles

In 2012, a bill moved through the US House infamously called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). It was a draconian piece of legislation that aimed to give copyright holders the ability to order that search engines, payment processors, and ISPs…

The UK government is considering a law that would increase the maximum penalty for online pirates from 2 years imprisonment to 10. If the plan is approved it will bring the sentence for online copyright infringement in line with those…

In a recent interview with the BBC, world-renowned French DJ and music producer David Guetta thanked music pirates for being able to sell-out his concert tickets. The DJ reflected on a concert in Brazil, where he claimed without piracy he…

It’s more bad news for Dimitri Mader, owner of a poplar “warez” forum, as a court has ordered him to pay $12.8 million in damages to a collective of Hollywood studios. That’s on top of the $4.4 million award that’ll…

Ahoy, mateys! Malwarebytes, best known for its Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) software, announced on Sunday that anyone sporting counterfeit codes for MBAM will soon receive legitimate keys in their place. As part of its Amnesty program, Malwarebytes aims to protect its…

iTunes had a profound impact on the music industry more than a decade ago, demonstrating that people are indeed willing to shy away from piracy when presented with an affordable and easy-to-use solution. That same trend is repeating itself once…

Popcorn Time, everyone’s favorite Netflix like torrent streaming service that just won’t die, is back at it again with new updates for its illegal service. The service was shut down after legal pressure just about right after launch and then…

EZTV, one of the world’s most recognizable TV-torrent sites is calling it quits after losing its domain names and data in a hostile takeover. The site had been running for over a decade and most recently recovered from a raid…

One of the largest illegal movie streaming websites in Europe was shut down in 2011 following a massive police raid across France, Germany and Spain. At the time, Kino.to’s closure was viewed as a huge victory for those in support…

Although much attention has been paid to autonomous vehicles being developed by Google and traditional car companies, one truck maker believes that automated tractor-trailers will be rolling along highways before self-driving...

The Motion Picture Association of America and its members scored a win this week when the UK’s High Court ordered five of the country’s biggest ISPs block four Popcorn Time websites hosting the app. Although it's likely that the ban…

Despite Game of Thrones being more accessible than ever before thanks to the launch of HBO Now, the extremely popular fantasy TV show is also being pirated more than ever before, according to media intelligence company Tru Optik, who provided…

Despite the growing popularity of paid music streaming services over the last couple of years, some people still choose to pirate their music, whether that's through a torrent site, or through a dedicated music download site like MP3Skull.

Periscope, Meerkat and the eventual abundance of copycats have officially made live video streaming a thing. Unlike other video chat services that offer a one-to-one experience, this new breed of apps allows a single person to stream live content to…

One story that circulated a couple of days ago claimed that Microsoft would be giving pirates of their operating system a free upgrade to Windows 10. The news seemed a little strange at the time, considering Microsoft's previous stance on piracy, so…

Following a successful launch for Cities: Skylines, publisher Paradox Interactive noticed a significant increase in the amount of people who are pirating the game. Rather than giving the gaming world an unnecessary lecture on why piracy is destroying the gaming industry,…

In their continued fight against copyright infringement, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are now turning their attention to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Not everyone can get away with pirating Adobe products, especially when it comes to a major clothing retailer like Forever 21. In a lawsuit from Adobe that was recently filed in a California District Court, the company alleges that Forever…

Game of Thrones is the 'most-pirated TV show of the year' for the third consecutive time. This according to estimates compiled by TorrentFreak, which says the HBO drama’s season finale was torrented 8.1 million times during 2014. The Walking Dead…

Last week, Swedish police raided a data center used to host The Pirate Bay, shutting down the popular torrent website in the process. Although the website hasn't made a comeback as yet, data obtained by TorrentFreak shows that the raid…

A few weeks after Time4Popcorn, one of the most-used forks of the popular torrent-streaming service Popcorn Time, had its domain name suspended by the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid), affecting existing users of the service, the team behind…